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Open Source Mission Control Software from NASA

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Re: Open Source Mission Control Software from NASA

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Post by lifeisstillgood »

My initial reaction is not running space missions, but that it will be a replacement for graphite/grafana - our company's telemetry is the web requests hitting the main site or database queries on the new server or trial sign-ups achieved, email reminders sent etc?

In short - Watching day to day operations and looking for anything unusual.

I think this kind of platform is wide open country - every corp has something like this, large chunks home grown or massively customised. And they all suck to varying degrees.

My prediction - replacing that mess with a "mission control system from freaking NASA" is going to make big in-roads.

Re: Open Source Mission Control Software from NASA

#7

Post by ElijahLynn »

lifeisstillgood wrote: post #5

My initial reaction is not running space missions, but that it will be a replacement for graphite/grafana - our company's telemetry is the web requests hitting the main site or database queries on the new server or trial sign-ups achieved, email reminders sent etc? In short - Watching day to day operations and looking for anything unusual. I think this kind of platform is wide open country - every corp has something…

Also, if NASA is working with USDS, then the playbook is Play 13: "Default to Open". Not sure if they are but could be likely!

> When appropriate, publish source code of projects or components online

source: https://playbook.cio.gov/#play13

Re: Open Source Mission Control Software from NASA

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Post by lifeisstillgood »

ElijahLynn wrote: post #7
lifeisstillgood wrote: post #5

My initial reaction is not running space missions, but that it will be a replacement for graphite/grafana - our company's telemetry is the web requests hitting the main site or database queries on the new server or trial sign-ups achieved, email reminders sent etc? In short - Watching day to day operations and looking for anything unusual. I think this kind of platform is wide open country - every corp has something…

Also, if NASA is working with USDS, then the playbook is Play 13: "Default to Open". Not sure if they are but could be likely! > When appropriate, publish source code of projects or components online source: https://playbook.cio.gov/#play13

I think this is big in NASA culture - I mean they built half of openstack IIRC.

So I am not surprised it's getting released - I am surprised that, after a minutes thought, this is a big, open field.

I mean prometheus/ graphite grafana - hell even RRD (?) have been around for years. But that's all plumbing, the porcelain is what's missing - to have a singular platform that it just gives you a real time view of what's going on, it that embeds probably decades of hard won experience - yeah if this is even half decent it's going to be the beating heart dashboard of choice.

Want to impress the C-level execs - give them a read only access the the "company telemetry" - mission control from NASA.

Aw hell. There ought to be a good consultancy in just installing this stuff.

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